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Preface

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Avaya M-MLS Routing Manager User Guide

Organization of this Guide

This guide is structured to reflect the following conceptual divisions:

•

Preface - An introduction to Avaya M-MLS Routing 
Manager.

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Introduction to Avaya M-MLS Routing Manager - 
Instructions on how to start Avaya M-MLS Routing Manager 
and a description of the user interface.

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Device - Enables you to display and modify global 
parameters, reset the module, define managers to send or 
prevent traps, and upload or download configuration 
parameters.

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Layer 2 - Enables you to define manually and display layer 2 
interfaces (VLANs and bridges) at the management station.

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IP Route - Enables you to display and update IP interfaces, 
the IP routing table, the ARP table, DHCP/BOOTP 
parameters, RIP interfaces, OSPF interfaces, area parameters, 
link state database and neighbors, the IP access control table, 
redundancy parameters, and multicast parameters.

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IPX Route - Enables you to display and update IPX 
interfaces, RIP interfaces and routing table, SAP interfaces 
and services, and the IPX access control table.

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Error Messages - A list of error messages that can occur in 
Avaya M-MLS Routing Manager.

Summary of Contents for M-MLS

Page 1: ...Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Guide April 2002...

Page 2: ...kind express or implied and users must take full responsibility for their application of any products specified in this document Avaya disclaims responsibility for errors which may appear in this docu...

Page 3: ...er Interface 3 Toolbar Menu and Shortcut Key Options 4 Working with the User Interface 5 Creating New Table Entries 5 Modifying Table Entries 6 Deleting Table Entries 6 Changing Default Values 6 Chapt...

Page 4: ...tabase 40 OSPF Neighbor Table 41 Access Control Global Parameters 43 Access Control Table 44 IP Redundancy Global Parameters 46 IP Redundancy Table 48 IP Multicast Global Parameters 49 IP Multicast In...

Page 5: ...d audience of this guide Organization of this Guide A brief description of the subjects covered in each chapter of this guide The Purpose of this Guide This guide contains the information needed to op...

Page 6: ...pload or download configuration parameters Layer 2 Enables you to define manually and display layer 2 interfaces VLANs and bridges at the management station IP Route Enables you to display and update...

Page 7: ...ser Interface A description of Avaya M MLS Routing Manager s user interface including instructions on using its features Starting Avaya M MLS Routing Manager This section provides instructions for sta...

Page 8: ...Click in the OpenView toolbar Or Select Tools Avaya Device Manager Or 1 Right click on the M MLS router you wish to work with 2 Select Avaya Device Manager Running Avaya M MLS Routing Manager from HP...

Page 9: ...applications When you select a folder data is received from the router and the appropriate pane is displayed on the right The top right section of the window displays a table containing all data assoc...

Page 10: ...pboard Edit Copy CTRL C Pastes a cut or copied table entry into the table as a new entry Edit Paste CTRL V Creates a new table entry where applicable List New Element CTRL N Deletes the selected table...

Page 11: ...ppear at the start of a table row with their corresponding explanations To undo all the changes made to a table click When all changes are finalized click to update the router The LED icon at the bott...

Page 12: ...e a table entry 1 Select the table entry you want to delete by clicking on it 2 Click to delete the selected entry from the table 3 Click to update the router Changing Default Values Avaya M MLS Routi...

Page 13: ...a M MLS Routing Manager User Guide 7 2 Device The Device folder provides access to the following windows Device Global Parameters Upload Download Configuration Traps Global Parameters Trap Managers Re...

Page 14: ...m Name and System Location fields For more information refer to Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Interface Table 2 1 Global Parameters Field Name Description System Description A general description o...

Page 15: ...figuration parameters click the Device folder and select Upload Download Configuration The Upload Download Configuration window appears Figure 2 2 Upload Download Configuration Window SelectingTFTP Se...

Page 16: ...Click A file browser window appears a Select a folder using the browser b Enter a filename into the File name field c Click Save The name of the selected file appears in the Upload Path field 3 Click...

Page 17: ...ication Traps Status Enable checkbox to enable authentication traps globally When checked each manager defined in the Trap Managers window will receive authentication traps Refer to Trap Managers on p...

Page 18: ...ow appears Figure 2 4 Trap Managers Window The following parameters are displayed Table 2 3 Trap Managers Field Name Description Manager IP Address The IP address of the manager Master Traps Status on...

Page 19: ...k the Reset checkbox to reset the device Before the management station sends the command to reset the device it requests user confirmation for this action After confirmation the device performs a comp...

Page 20: ...Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Guide 14 3 Layer 2 The Layer 2 folder provides access to the following windows Interfaces VLANs Bridge Global Parameters Bridge Parameters...

Page 21: ...ou use the station s predefined VLANs and create new IP and IPX interfaces on top of the VLANs You can create or delete VLANs For more information refer to Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Interface N...

Page 22: ...ger User Guide Bridge Global Parameters To display and update the global bridge parameter click the Layer 2 folder and select Bridge Global Parameters The Bridge Global Parameters window appears Figur...

Page 23: ...VLAN Bridging function to the IP redundancy feature configured in the IP Redundancy windows With this status the VLAN Bridging function is inactive It will automatically become active in case of fail...

Page 24: ...3 Bridge Parameters Window Field Name Description Protocol The user can define Bridging for a particular protocol such as NETBIOS DEC or AppleTalk If a particular protocol is not defined or if the us...

Page 25: ...Parameters IP Interfaces Routing Table ARP Table DHCP BOOTP Global Parameters DHCP BOOTP Parameters RIP Global Parameters RIP Interfaces OSPF Access Control Global Parameters Access Control Table IP...

Page 26: ...rs Figure 4 1 IP Global Parameters Window The following parameters are displayed Table 4 1 IP Global Parameters Field Name Description ICMP Error Messages If enabled ICMP error messages should be sent...

Page 27: ...the IP interfaces click the IP Route folder and select IP Interfaces The IP Interfaces window appears Figure 4 2 IP Interfaces Window The following parameters are displayed Table 4 2 IP Interface Para...

Page 28: ...is interface If checked the forwarding is enabled If not checked IP directed broadcast messages destined to this interface will be discarded and will not be forwarded to this interface Broadcast Addre...

Page 29: ...rs are displayed Table 4 3 Routing Table Parameters Field Name Description Destination The destination network IP address of this route An IP address of 0 0 0 0 denotes a default router Net Mask The d...

Page 30: ...g protocols can be specified Static The route was manually configured to this device Local The route represents a directly attached net subnet and corresponds to one of the IP interfaces configured to...

Page 31: ...uting Manager User Interface Table 4 4 ARP Parameters Field Name Description IP Address The IP address of the station MAC Address The MAC address of the station IF Name The name of the interface VLAN...

Page 32: ...ide DHCP BOOTP Global Parameters To display and update the DHCP BOOTP global parameter click the IP Route folder and select DHCP BOOTP Global Parameters The DHCP BOOTP Global Parameters window appears...

Page 33: ...de ties the DHCP BOOTP Relay function to the IP redundancy feature configured in the IP Redundancy windows With this status the DHCP BOOTP Relay function is inactive It will automatically become activ...

Page 34: ...appears Figure 4 6 DHCP BOOTP Parameters Window The following parameters are displayed Table 4 6 DHCP BOOTP Parameters Field Name Description If Name The interface name VLAN upon which the clients ar...

Page 35: ...controls the behavior of the DHCP relay in choosing the IP address to write into the DHCP request Possible modes are Default The router chooses one of the addresses itself The address chosen will be...

Page 36: ...l Parameters Field Name Description RIP Global Status Enable The status of RIP in the device If checked the parameter is enabled meaning that the RIP process is active If the parameter is not checked...

Page 37: ...Parameters Field Name Description IP Address The IP address of the interface Send Mode What the device sends on this interface Values are SendAll RIP updates contain the entire routing table DoNotSend...

Page 38: ...ion 2 RIP version 2 allows for Variable Length Subnets Masks VLSM meaning that subnets of the same net may have masks of different lengths and may be of different sizes Interface Cost The cost of usin...

Page 39: ...e OSPF The OSPF folder provides access to the following windows OSPF Global Parameters OSPF Interface Table OSPF Area Parameters OSPF Link State Database OSPF External Database OSPF Neighbor Table Aut...

Page 40: ...OSPF Global Status Enabled The administrative status of OSPF in the router If not checked OSPF is not active on any interface regardless of the settings in the OSPF Interfaces window Leak RIP into OSP...

Page 41: ...Interface Table To define and display the OSPF interfaces click the IP Route folder click the OSPF folder and select OSPF Interface Table The OSPF Interface Table window appears Figure 4 10 OSPF Inter...

Page 42: ...s interface A value of zero indicates that this router is not eligible to become the designated router on the current network If more than one router has the same priority then the router ID is used H...

Page 43: ...ntifying the OSPF area to which this router belongs Area ID 0 0 0 0 is used for the OSPF backbone Stub Area If checked external link state advertisements are not imported into the area Area Border Rou...

Page 44: ...pears Figure 4 12 OSPF Link State Database Window The following parameters are displayed Area LS Checksum Summary The sum of LS checksums of LS advertisements contained in the LS database Use this sum...

Page 45: ...autonomous system Sequence Number The sequence number of the link state advertisement Use this parameter to detect old and duplicate link state advertisements The larger the sequence number the more...

Page 46: ...iption LSA Type The type and format of the link state advertisement for example Router links and Network links LSA ID Identifies the part of the routing domain that is described by the advertisement T...

Page 47: ...Figure 4 14 OSPF Neighbors Table Window The following parameters are displayed LSA Age The age of the link state advertisement in seconds Checksum This parameter is a checksum of the complete contents...

Page 48: ...bor State The state of the relationship with this neighbor Down Attempt Init Two Way Exchange Start Exchange Loading Full Priority The priority of this neighbor in the Designated Router election Retra...

Page 49: ...Access Control Global Parameters Window The following parameter is displayed To enable the Access Control Global Status click the checkbox The Access Control global parameter applies to all entries i...

Page 50: ...lowing certain traffic in one direction while blocking the same application in the opposite direction based on which side initiates the session In order to allow a certain application when the default...

Page 51: ...ddress of the traffic Source Mask The mask defining a range of addresses by setting how many bits of the source address are relevant Destination Address The destination address of the traffic Destinat...

Page 52: ...ute folder and select IP Redundancy Global Parameters The Redundancy Global Parameters window appears Figure 4 17 IP Redundancy Global Parameters Window Operation Whether the indicated traffic is allo...

Page 53: ...ve No special function is performed by the secondary router except polling the main router While the main router is operational the Redundancy State remains inactive Active The backup router detected...

Page 54: ...must be configured in each entry that represents a subnet common to this device and the main router Entries cannot be deleted or added Entries that do not specify an IP address of the main router do...

Page 55: ...Multicast Global Parameters To define and display the IP Multicast global parameters click the IP Route folder and select IP Multicast Global Parameters The IP Multicast Global Parameters window appe...

Page 56: ...ation IP address i e address of the form 224 0 0 X are not forwarded Disable The router will not forward IP multicast packets between interfaces Backup This mode ties the IP Multicast function to the...

Page 57: ...terface An interface may not be named Generic IP Multicast Status When checked IP multicast forwarding is enabled on this interface When not checked IP multicast forwarding is disabled on this interfa...

Page 58: ...nly forwarded to those interfaces configured to IP Multicast Send All or discarded if there are no such interfaces IP Multicast Send All When checked this interface will receive a copy of every forwar...

Page 59: ...be sorted by multicast group to show all interfaces associated with that group or can be sorted by interface to show all multicast groups that have members on that interface To sort the IP Multicast...

Page 60: ...X Route IPX Route enables you to display and update the following windows IPX Interfaces RIP Interfaces RIP Routing Table SAP Interfaces SAP Services SAP Filters Global Parameters SAP Filters Access C...

Page 61: ...efine and display the IPX interfaces click the IPX Route folder and select IPX Interfaces The IPX Interfaces window appears Figure 5 1 IPX Interfaces Window The following parameters are displayed Tabl...

Page 62: ...modify or delete IPX interfaces For more information refer to Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Interface Encapsulation Encapsulation method associated with this IPX interface The encapsulation types...

Page 63: ...Interfaces Window The following parameters are displayed Table 5 2 RIP Interface Parameters Field Name Description Circuit No The IPX circuit number specific to the RIP interface Network No The IPX n...

Page 64: ...oute folder and select RIP Routing Table The RIP Routing Table appears Figure 5 3 RIP Routing Table The following parameters are displayed Aging Time The holding time for information received in RIP p...

Page 65: ...the parameters of the current router RIP The entry was learned from the RIP protocol Ticks to Network An estimate of the time required for the propagation of a packet sent along the route described by...

Page 66: ...igure 5 4 SAP Interfaces Window The following parameters are displayed Table 5 4 SAP Interface Parameters Field Name Description Circuit No The IPX circuit number specific to the SAP interface Network...

Page 67: ...display SAP services click the IPX Route folder and select SAP Services The SAP Services window appears Figure 5 5 SAP Services Window The following parameters are displayed Aging Time The holding ti...

Page 68: ...igits of the IPX network address Server Node Address Node portion of the IPX server address Server Socket Address Socket portion of the IPX server address Protocol The protocol from which knowledge of...

Page 69: ...rs Global Parameters Window The following parameter is displayed To enable the SAP Filter Global Status click the checkbox For more information refer to Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Interface Note...

Page 70: ...ers are displayed Table 5 7 SAP Filters Parameters Field Name Description Circuit No The IPX circuit number specific to the device Network No The network from which SAP messages are sent or received A...

Page 71: ...lobal Parameters window contains a global parameter that enables or disables all entries in the Access Control Table To display and update the Access Control Global parameter click the IPX Route folde...

Page 72: ...nable the Access Control Global Status click the checkbox For more information refer to Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Interface Table 5 8 Access Control Global Parameters Field Name Description Acc...

Page 73: ...is based on IPX network numbers To display and update the Access Control Table click the IPX Route folder and select Access Control Table The Access Control Table appears Figure 5 9 Access Control Ta...

Page 74: ...Access Control Table entries For more information refer to Avaya M MLS Routing Manager User Interface Operation Whether the indicated traffic is allowed access or not Forward Traffic is allowed Block...

Page 75: ...nges to discard the changes or to cancel the operation and not leave the screen Next Hop already exists at X It will be replaced by X Displayed when an existing entry in the routing table is edited an...

Page 76: ...Source Address should be X Displayed when there is an inconsistency between the Source Mask and the Source Address entered Main Router Address must be on the same IP subnet as the interface X Display...

Page 77: ...try and create a new one Displayed in the IP Redundancy window when trying to change the parameters of an existing redundancy Invalid Circuit Number Displayed in any of the IPX windows when an invalid...

Page 78: ...nized SNMP error code X Standard SNMP error Offending field X Oid X Appended to previous SNMP errors to indicate a field name and the specific Oid that might have caused the problem This is intended m...

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